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Humber Acute Services Review

The Humber Acute Services Review is a collaborative review of services in the five acute hospitals in the Humber area, which are:

Hull Royal Infirmary

Castle Hill Hospital

Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby

Scunthorpe General Hospital

Goole Hospital

The review is considering how to provide the best possible care for local people who need to use acute hospital services within the resources (money, staffing and buildings) that are available to the local NHS. This may include delivering some aspects of care out of hospitals in GP surgeries or other community settings to better meet local peoples’ needs.

Supporting engagement in North Lincolnshire

The review provides an opportunity for clinicians, alongside patients and other stakeholders, to jointly shape ideas about the future of our hospital services at Hull Royal, Castle Hill, Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole.

A number of engagement events have taken place across the Humber area and we have jointly commissioned Humber Wolds Rural Action (VCS) to help seek views of wider community groups for the Humber Acute Services Review.

Last year work started on six specialties. Now the partnership is looking at a broader range of hospital services over the coming months, which include:

– Care when you need it unexpectedly (urgent and emergency care) – Planned care – such as planned surgery and outpatients – Care for women and children (maternity and paediatrics)

People living in the Humber area have been involved to find out what they think about the potential ideas being explored for the future provision of acute hospital services. We have held the following workshops:

Citizen’s Panel

North Lincolnshire CCG also supports people from North Lincolnshire to be involved in the Citizen’s Panel for the Humber Acute Services Review. The Citizen’s Panel listen to information about the challenges facing our local health system and provide a community perspective on proposals for change.

The Panel will be involved in developing and reviewing possible solutions to these challenges. They are asked for ideas about how we can engage with the wider community to obtain their views about these proposals. The views and ideas put forward by the Citizen’s Panel will be considered by the decision makers.

Members of the Citizen’s Panel are supported by their local Clinical Commissioning Group Engagement Team in their role and will have opportunities throughout the process to discuss any concerns or needs.

Supporting you to be involved

We recognise that patient and community representatives who give their time and skills to work with us should receive fulfilment from their role, developmental opportunities and respect for the contribution they make. We highly value their contribution and the difference it can make for service users and improvement in health services.

We provide robust training for our patient and community representatives. We currently have patient and public representatives getting involved and supporting our work in different ways:

Lay members on our Governing Body

Procurement – When commencing a procurement process it is essential that patient representatives are involved to ensure that the patient voice is central to any decisions. One of our community members was recently supported to take part in the procurement panel for a new Integrated Muscoskeletal and Pain Service, from evaluation through to consensus meetings.

As a member of our Patient and Community Assurance Group

As North Lincolnshire members of the Citizen’s Panel for Humber Acute Services Review

Our Communications and Engagement Team are responsible for supporting patient and community representatives. This support includes:

providing timely and clear information on each activity (including hard copy information as requested) including instructions as to what preparation may be required and what will be expected from them during the activity

offering training sessions and updates on changes to how the NHS works and how local services are provided

helping and supporting representatives as they carry out activities

advising on how to deal with any difficulties and providing guidance with situations that are new

providing correct and up to date information, sent in an agreed way and format (such as email or post)

treating the community representative as a full member of any committee/ meeting

holding meetings or events at an accessible venue at an appropriate and convenient time, regularly reviewing these arrangements with group members to ensure suitability

If you would like to get involved, please contact our Engagement Team on 01652 251067 for a chat.

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